Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year!No review tonight, mostly becaus…
The 2021 Bourbon of The Year
What a year it has been for The Bourbon Road podcast. We have recorded 104 episodes this year while traveling from the East Coast to the West. Of all the episodes there was one distillery and one bourbon that earned our awards for “2021 Craft Distillery of the Year” and “2021 Bourbon of the
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Laphroaig Cairdeas 2021 Pedro Ximenez Review
The Laphroaig Cairdeas 2021 Pedro Ximenez immediately makes me think of the Laphroaig Triple Wood; not because of how it tastes, but because of how it’s made… and a tiny bit in how it tastes. This year’s Cairdeas is a small, but significant, twist on a Laphroaig classic that was featured at cask strength as […]
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Australian Riff On Rye Whiskey Comes To America
The Gospel Straight Rye Whiskey–made of 100% Australian unmalted rye–has come to the US. The Gospel is bringing together traditional American whiskey history with its Australian culture and environment. Already in markets in France, Germany, the UK, Hong Kong and China, The Gospel marks its US launch in over 29 states. New to the scene, …
Top 10: Bourbons Of The Year 2021
It’s the end of the year, and that means the Gents have been working away on their favourite bourbons to decide which ones make our top ten of 2021 and, of course, which one will be lucky enough to take the top spot. Our regular readers will know how t…
338 – Getting Crafty in Upstate New York with Brian McKenzie of Finger Lakes Distilling
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Finger Lakes Distilling since […]
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Tasting rising Tullibardine
Tullibardine 15 yo (43%, OB, +/-2020)Tullibardine 8 yo 2012 (60.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #28.60, first fill barrel, ‘Juggling flavour balls’, 237 bottles)Tullibardine 9 yo 2011/2020 (64.5%, Hot Malt, Taiwan, sherry finish, cask #18/9133, 312 bot…
Kirkland Speyside 24 years Sherry Finish Review
Alexander Murray bottled this Kirkland Speyside 24 years Sherry Finish for Costco in July of 2021. It hit the shelves a couple months later and immediately made a splash. A 24-year-old, sherried, Single Malt Scotch, with that color, and priced around $70… how could it not? Here in SoCal it kept selling out as soon […]
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2004 Single Cask Nation Ledaig 15 Review
This 2004 Single Cask Nation Ledaig 15 was part of the Malt Nuts: Ledaig Part 5 tasting. It was, obviously, my contribution to the tasting and now that the full recap is up I wanted to take a beat and give it a deeper dive. Malt Nuts events are great, we get a solid overview […]
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Four Roses Opens Expanded Distillery Visitor Center (lots of pictures!)
Four Roses has announced the opening of their expanded visitor center. The updated visitor center comes in at 14,446-square-feet and is designed to inform and educate guests about Four Roses’ bourbons, its distilling process, and its unique history.&nb…